🎙️ The Ensemble: Protests Erupt in Iran, Trump Strikes Venezuela, Mamdani Takes Manhattan, & Brigitte Macron Fights Cyberbullying in Court with Understated Elegance

The start of 2026 has been calm and quiet - wait, no it really hasn't...

Karina Eileraas Karakus, Jamie Angus, and Suzanne Kianpour

Jan 07, 2026

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So…were we hoping for a gentle relaxing start to 2026? No such luck, as a series of seismic shocks to the global order marks the first week of the year. I’ve been keeping a watching brief on events in Iran since before Xmas - this morning I appeared on the Times Radio breakfast show here in snowy London to run through my reporting so far - that intellig…

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